Text Structures

Tells the order in which events occur or steps in a process

• Sequence

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

Tells what happened and why it happened

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence

• Cause & Effect

• Compare & Contrast

Provides a problem and describes how it can be or is solved

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

Shows similarities and difference between two or more things

• Compare & Contrast

• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

Clue words for compare and contrast

• first, second, third

• however, similarly, like, unlike

• because, when, consequently

• problem, solution, resolution

Clue words for problem & solution

• as a result, when, because

• however, like, unlike

• before, after, years, dates

• dilemma, resolution, solution

Clue words for cause & effect

• when, consequently, as a result

• first, next, then, last

• problem, solution, dilemma

• similarly, like, unlike, however

Clue words for sequence

• because, consequently, as a result

• problem, solution, resolution

• first, then, next, last

• like, unlike, similarly

I ate too quickly. As a result, I had a tummy ache.

• sequence

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• compare & contrast

First, I got out of bed. Next, I brushed my teeth. Last, I ate breakfast.

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence

• Cause & Effect